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It sounds like he's developed a disordered relationship to food. I'm in no ways an expert, but do have personal experience with it. Unfortunately, it probably won't help to keep mentioning it to him. It's something that he will have to want to fix himself. I mean, if he's already feeling constantly weak and headachey, it…

I run a lot, but never get a high during a run. Afterwards, though, I feel very good and relaxed. My HR is low and my whole body is loose. The tougher the workout, the better I feel after it. But I wouldn't describe it as a "high," more like how I feel after a nice glass of wine. The only time I really experienced…

Hmm, I didn't think of viili! I'm not a huge fan either, the consistency is a bit too slimy.

Munajuusto made me think of leipäjuusto, though according to the links at the bottom of that Wikipedia article there seems to be several cheeses around the world that are prepared in a similar way. But I don't know if adding leipäjuusto, or rather any type of cheese, to coffee might be an exclusively Finnish thing? I mean,…

Another Finn here! I actually don't mind mämmi and often eat it a couple of times around Easter. It's pretty low-calorie and filling, which is how I like my desserts and food in general. I eat mine with vanilla custard. I actually can't readily think of another food that is as exclusively Finnish as mämmi. Even pasha…

I eat within a 2-3-hour window in the evening. I exercise in the middle of the day, so always fasted. I only ever eat before some of my long runs (2+ hours) I've been doing during marathon training, because I wanted to see how my body would react to a breakfast, since I didn't dare to try to run a full marathon without…

In my effort to achieve a higher level of accuracy in baking/cooking, I recently bought a set of measuring spoons with a pinch (1 ml), tsp (5 ml), and tbsp (15 ml). Previously I've just been winging it, eyeballing spices and seasonings with a "yeah, that looks just about a teaspoon's worth" mentality. But then I found that…

I got my set of measuring cups from Canada, and use them to avoid converting internet-based recipes to dl. But then I still sometimes end up having to google stuff like "stick of butter in grams," because that's not how butter is sold where I live in Europe! I'm not a very good baker and think it might be easier to succeed…

I'm pretty sure my Garmin (FR245) also overestimates my walking calories. It's definitely much higher than using a MET-based estimate would give me. Bizarrely enough, if I walk on the treadmill instead, my watch underestimates the calories. I compared two 1-hour walks at the same pace (12 min/km) with the same average HR…

My diet is pretty low in fat (a lot of vegetables and fruit, fat-free dairy, etc) so I try to make sure that the fat I do consume is mostly of the healthy kind. So I use margarine. It's also a taste I'm used to. Not that I really use it with much besides as a spread on bread and also with boiled vegetables in the summer.…

You do need some higher intensity runs for your speed to improve. Low-intensity workouts are very important and should make up the majority of your training, but you do need to push yourself in order to improve. Like you, I had been doing for a few years mostly low- and medium-level runs (HR zones 2 and 3) before I started…

Not only do they not work, taking unregulated supplements can be actively harmful. Even some innocuous-seeming ones, like green tea extract pills, for example. Green tea, healthy and "natural", right? But they are known to cause liver damage, which can lead to death.…

Indeed; I started reading up on this, and in addition to dopamine there's at least serotonin, related to general wellbeing and happiness, endorphins, released during exercise, and oxytocin, released when getting cuddly. I guess these dopamine-fasting advocates concentrate on that in specific because it's associated with…

I also take psyllium husk, although it's not officially a supplement for me, I suppose. Instead of the stuff you can get at the pharmacy I just take psyllium husk meant for gluten-free baking. Much cheaper! And I haven't noticed a difference compared to the pharmacy stuff. Except that it obviously doesn't taste like…

These were my thoughts exactly. The author seems to be assigning a moral value to some activities over others; reading a book or meditating is better than watching TV, eating at home is better than eating out. The latter might be true I guess if your finances are tight, but I think there's a lot of great TV content that I…

I agree with the previous comments. As a summary I'd say that variety is the key, varying intensities, lengths, speeds for your runs. Regarding intensity, the general guideline given is that 80% of your training should be in the low-effort range and 20% higher intensity speed work. I improved as a runner rather rapidly…

I'm not sure if this has ever happened to me; my typical running route doesn't have any traffic lights. But I probably would do the workout as intended, since I'm following a structured program and it would bug me to have to change it up, even for a single workout.

Another vote here for (against?) indoor cardio. I get on the elliptical (reluctantly) once or twice a week for crosstraining purposes. I only get on the treadmill if the weather is absolutely horrendous and running outdoors would be truly bad. Even then I prefer running in a slight drizzle over the treadmill. I often wish…

I seem to recall reading somewhere that the way Garmin determines your RHR for the day is by taking the average of the lowest 5-minute period of the day, rather than a single reading. (I don't know why the opposite would happen, though, why the readings all day would be higher than the reported RHR. I haven't noticed that…

I haven't found the body battery feature on my Garmin very useful, and it doesn't really correlate with the way I'm actually feeling. It's always at 100 in the morning, even if I feel like I've slept poorly. By the time I've finished exercising for the day, it's usually in the 50s or 60s. Garmin Connect might suggest "Now…

I like my own Discover Weekly playlist. It's usually pretty good, and I indeed usually discover a few good songs or bands. Since the tempo of the songs varies, I mostly listen to it during my gym workouts, since that's low intensity. (During my running workouts I listen to fast-paced playlists I've created myself.)

Well, I do spread some margarine on that sucker (and usually toast it). But no other toppings to distract from the delicious breadiness. o:)

I'll eat a whole loaf of bread... I love bread, eat a slice every day within my calorie limits. But I don't find it very filling for the amount of calories, so I will indulge occasionally and eat a whole friggin thing. (Plus my stomach can't handle the common bread grains like wheat and barley so I couldn't eat this way…

I eat a lot of fiber (40+ g per day) and protein (110+ g per day). I eat a ton of vegetables and fruit, which in addition to the aforementioned fiber also fill me up due to their high water content. I suppose you need to try out different things. What someone else might find satiating you might not. I'm curious - what kind…

I found heart rate very useful in improving me as a runner. It helped me vary the intensity and types of runs I did, and I saw my speed and endurance start increasing rather rapidly, in a matter of a few months. I had maybe about two years of running as a base at that point; I'd been doing all my workouts at around zone 2…

I ran my first marathon, in 3.5 hours. That was the best thing I've done in my five years of running. They postponed the race from May to October, but I was just glad they didn't cancel it altogether.

I've found that my Garmin (FR245) is lousy at detecting any additional calorie burn from any non-exercise activity. I once did hours of yard work, with no additional active calories showing up at the end of the day. Merely standing up as opposed to sitting down definitely never registers with the device. My Garmin seems to…

I am already very lean, my BMI hovering around 19-20, but I sometimes do get these feelings of inadequacy. Whenever I see all these film stars/influencers/other famous people whose bodies I feel look better than mine, I try to remind myself that their livelihood depends on them looking like that. They probably have to keep…

Before adding anything extra in your mashed potatoes, though, make sure that those additions are also low-FODMAP. Garlic is a definite no-no, for example.

Any reason for not just using lactose-free milk? Since lactose is the only FODMAP found in dairy. The problem with plant-based alternatives is that they often have other FODMAPs in them. Coconut has sorbitol, oat and rice have fructans, and soy bean-based milk has galacto-olichosaccharides. I don't know if you'd be using…